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NBAHD looks great. Just wanted to point this out. I have a 61 inch Samsung dlp in the LR and a 40 inch Maxent plasma in the game room. The plasma was something like 899 and is obvioulsy not regarded very high by people looking for a top line plasma. The picture on this TV in HD is AWESOME. I actually prefer it over my Samsung.

Amazing the picture you can get out of cheap plasmas. I remember when they first came out when I was in college, a 40 inch plasma was like 20k.

NBAHD looks great. Just wanted to point this out. I have a 61 inch Samsung dlp in the LR and a 40 inch Maxent plasma in the game room. The plasma was something like 899 and is obvioulsy not regarded very high by people looking for a top line plasma. The picture on this TV in HD is AWESOME. I actually prefer it over my Samsung.

Amazing the picture you can get out of cheap plasmas. I remember when they first came out when I was in college, a 40 inch plasma was like 20k.

That's because the Maxent is a Panasonic panel with a cheaper chipset. It looks phenomenol for high light viewings. The chipset is only evident on dark shady scenes as illustrated on ESPNHD. Try to watch ESPN HD when it's in 4:3 mode with the ESPNHD filler bars on the side; watch that lovely shade of gray mvoe around from black to bright grey all by itself (bad DC restoration on that panel).

I just randomly found NBA TV in HD while they were doing their previews. Their studio HD shots looked fantastic, as did their HD graphics. This is gonna be a big addition for the NBA season. Really looking forward to it.

FYI, you will receive this channel if you have NBA League Pass, Sports Pack...in addition, folks with HD Access will also see this channel for the season as preview (Happy Halloween gift). At the end of the season, those with HD Access only (not NBALP and/or Sports Pack) will lose that authorization unless you have Sports Pack or NBALP.